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<font face="Arial Alternative"><font color="#3333ff">Sentence Splitter</font></font></h1>
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name<br>
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The sentence splitter uses a detailed set of hand-coded rules (adapted
from Sekine's OAK system) to divide a span of text into
sentences.&nbsp; It adds <span style="font-family: monospace;"><span
 style="font-weight: bold;">sentence</span> </span>annotations
spanning each sentence.<br>
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A question mark or exclamation mark always ends a sentence.&nbsp; A
period followed by an upper-case letter generally ends a sentence, but
there are a number of exceptions.&nbsp; For example, if the period is
part of an abbreviated title ("Mr.", "Gen.", ...), it does not end a
sentence.&nbsp; A period following a single capitalized letter is
assumed to be a person's initial, and is not considered the end of a
sentence.<br>
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